Notes from running the work
Playbooks and plain opinions on quoting, scheduling, getting paid, and the tools behind them — written by the founder, who runs a contracting and real estate business on Stairkey every day.
Subscribe via RSSWhy I built Stairkey: a contractor and realtor who got tired of his own paperwork
I've run a contracting business on referrals since 2014 and added a real estate licence in 2018. The work was never the problem — the paperwork was. So I built the system I wished I'd had, and priced it to share.
Drowning in contractor paperwork? Turn days of admin into minutes
The build is the easy part. It's the quoting, invoicing, follow-up, and record-keeping that eat your evenings. Here's how business management software for contractors collapses days of admin into minutes.
Stop double-booking the crew: scheduling and billing for service businesses
Recurring work is the best revenue and the worst scheduling. Here's how scheduling software for service businesses catches conflicts before they hit the calendar and bills the visits you actually completed.
Never miss a critical date: transaction management for busy agents
Offers, showings, conditions, and critical dates across a dozen deals is exactly where things slip. Here's how real estate transaction management software keeps every deal — and every client — on the rails.
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